Marianne Faithfull

It comes as no surprise
Your face filled with lies
Hovers all around me in this room.
Clouds hung with my dismay
A hot bed where we lay
Your every kiss tasting like a tomb.
If time becomes a judge,
If my body holds a grudge
Its just because I needed sanctuary.
Your skin under my nails
My curiosity that failed
To save myself for something that I need.
I dont wanna bleed
Or bruise up black and blue.
Do I deserve these things
All for wanting you ?
Like some virgin with her cloth
I play the goddess coming through
Now I play the parting slave
All for wanting you.